Neger Sembilan’s Wedding,

So today , here I was at one of my bestfriend’s wedding. For the first time , I get to see Negeri Sembilan traditional wedding. Serious shit, it was epic awesome! From the kompang to the live band originally from Negeri Sembilan , it was marvelous. I never knew Negeri Sembilan’s songs , until I get to meet and listen to them. It’s kinda cool okay. The crew with the two cone headed costumes , the instruments that they played, was just pure traditional-ness(!) . I was full of excited and blessed. Then came across when my bestfriend ,herself and her cousin performed an acoustic version of Jason Mraz- I’m Yours. Oh , not forgetting , a big group of her cousins did the Negeri Sembilan traditional dance, in front of the 4 new couple bride. How sweet~ Overall , the wedding ceremony was fun even though I’m the earliest to came and the last one to go home. -_-’ Just imagine how many plates of Nasi Minyak I ate. And that is NOT enough when I have to drop by at 7 Eleven , to get myself a Slurpee before heading home ,cause I can’t stand the heat that burning up my skin.

Farhana & Fatah’s Reception

On the 16thof May, Farhana and Fatah tie the knot and wrapped themselves with vines made out of golden leaves , in another word ,- married! Congrats to both of em. May God blessed their lives and hope their love is endless ~

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- Eddie Shiney
- Faye

P/s : After everything was over ,  hang over at my favourite old time high school spot :  Starbuck’s Taipan with Faye and Eddie , treat them – they did a wonderful job on the wedding – and Eddie offcially likes Frapuccino Cookie Chip ! HAHAHA Told ya so , its delicious!

Backpacking in Europe

Wow it has been awhile I haven’t post something here in my Photoblog, I know I’m sorry for my MIA. I was so busy when new year just came , being part of Youth 09, was a great experience for me ,and some regular social networking activities, catching up with friends  and some other random stuffs. Oh well, today is the best day for me to post up my previous photo stories, since I have nothing to do accept online 24/7. Hmm I have lots of photo stories to tell you, but I’m gonna start where I last stopped that is my previous post about my PROM night. Yes, that was my first ever post , so for my 2nd post I’m gonna talk about my backpacking trip in Europe last winter, (since many of my friends have been waiting and asking about how was my trip and all sort of stuffs) and again sorry!

Okay, first of all to tell you guys, the places that I’ve went not only in France but in Switzerland and Italy too. The original plan was suppose to be in France only ,then somehow our plans got carried away too much till Italy and Switzerland become the victim of our trip.We went for 1 week. Is it cold there? Yup definately cold! Freezing as ice cubes. Well since I have no time to post when I was away, I did brought my journal for me write something on the plane , at the hotel and somewhere I could just sat down and write.

In  Chamonix,

Chamonix I would say is a small town , snowy , white winter wonderland. Everything is white when you at Chamonix. If you the kind of person that loves to seat by the fireplace by the window and seeing snow falling down at your window-side. Chamonix is a great town to fit in. The people is very friendly, and very active in sports. As I was told, alot of people from all over places came down to Chamonix in the middle of December to ski. They said that skiing in Chamonix during winter and blizzard weather is the best time because the snow are thick and smooth. During my stay in Chamonix, I can’t even feel my body. I was cold I have to grab what ever cotton materials just to keep me warm. My bones shaking and vibrating at a high rate of speed(!). Well I’m only at Chamonix for 2 nights , but I did spent my time wisely . I went to visited the Mont Blanc ,the mountain is about 4,810 m (15,781 ft) summit, it is the highest mountain in the Alps and Wester.The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France. The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur, in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix, in Haute-Savoie, France. So I also ended up to be in Italy in my 2 nights in Chamonix. (hehe) how fun travelling with a car here and there in this cold blizzard mode.

In Aosta Italy,

Aosta, is located near to Chamonix. To go to Aosta , we had to passed the tunnel under the Mont Blanc. So well how we visit Italy for just awhile. Nothing really attracts me much in Aosta , because everything practically the same as Chamonix. Same snow, same blizzard, same ski mountain , so we went a little abit far from we from. We went to the center of Aosta . On our way to the town center, the snow are getting lesser and dissapear from my sight. As we arrived at the town center, we strolled down and looked for any interesting places. Practicularly I don’t remember much where I was going , so sorry if I don’t tell much details here, and yeah bought some stuffs. -_-’.

In Geneva,

Paris is calling us back, so yeah again for the long long LONG journey. Serious I’m tired and sick of this. -_-’ Is not I hate long journey, but my feet kept getting bruises and purple-blue circles. So we call on Geneva when our  way back to Paris. They say Geneva is famous for watches. From a cuckoo clock to modern digital watches, is where you can crave for. Geneva is located in Switerland , so from Chamonix to Switerland was just a couple of hours. So my dad brought us to the center town of Geneva , and parked our car at the sea side. From there we walked down to center town and looking for watches. Unfortunately all the stores are close in the winter. So there goes cuckoo clock that we wanted to replace the old on that we have ages ago. So in Geneva, we just walked around and sight-seeing. Geneva is not bad after all , if you get to know the places. My dad took me to the place where there is alot of swans , he took a photo of me and said ” this is exactly the same moment , same place and same pose of you with the swan, when I was same age as you. How sweet~~ ; yeah nothing interesting for me to shopping or take around since everyone is on their own holiday. We just drop by at starbucks and grab some hot choclate and muffins.  Then we off to Paris , cause we don’t want to arrived at Paris in a dark mode.

In Paris,

Paris, yes Paris , the capital of France. You all know that. Well my stay in Paris was Great. Yup you guys must be very jealous of me , cause I’m in Paris. What you can do in Paris?! For girls , shopping is like their top reason why they want to go to Paris. Well I have no doubt about that. For me, I love going extrodinary places , search some local tribes in every hole I could look for, and getting to know some new things and breathing those find scent of Paris.  During my stay in Paris, I was quite thrilled about the places that I went. I visited alot of places that I could not remember when I was young. The most top 6 places that I went and seriously mad in love — are (1) Montmartre (2) Lourve Museum (3) Notre Dame (4) Champes Elysees (5) Eiffel Tower (6) Euro DisneyLand & La Ville.

Montmartre. Montmartre and art are inseparable.  The Famous Pablo Picaso used to painted his artworks in Montmartre. It is very spectacular views of  abound ; tiny squares, winding streets ,small terraces long stairways and famous for vineyard. At Montmarte, I also visited the famous church monumental building Sacre-Coeur. I love the very famous white outline of this building, watches over the city from its highest point. As were told, it is built as a memorial French soldiers killed during the Franco-Prussian War. How termendous. *if you are into bargain and flea market, go ahead to Montmartre. My hands are just can’t get enough

Lourve Museum. In correct phrase, Musee du Lourve. This art museum is one of my favourite atttraction that I could not get enough of. Even if its a musuem , but this musuem is one of the biggest musuem,contains one of the most important art collections in this world, with over 350,000 priceless objects. Back in century, this musuem was replaced by a Renaissance palace and began the royal art collection. This musuem is a vast, because there is alot of sections , rooms and doors to go to. So take note , set a few viewing priorities before starting. Imagine 350,000 art collections , it takes approximately 1 month just to finish all the exhibitions. There is alot things you need to see. Walls and floors are made from genuine artistic marbles. Walls are full with paints and art masterpieces such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Jan Vermeer’s The Lacemaker. There is also a scuplture collection, with antiquities of a great renown, with an unrivalled range of Oriental, Egyptian, Greek and Roman objects. I was having a hard time drooling and taking pictures and jot down some cool information about this musuem. Hhaha wow cool a study trip.

Next , Notre Dame. Yes the famous Hunchback, you know the tale of the guy that keep ringing the bell , oh wteva. Notre Dame, well  I did visited it , and thought of going inside, but as soon as I got there, the line was soooooo long. Cmon , its only 11 am in the morning and that long line is just too weird. See how many people really want to go inside. What I adore most of is the interior works of arts include sculptures and paintings. I heard Notre Dame contains the largest organ in France placed right here inside this building. WOW(!)

Champs -Elysees. The capital most famous thoroughfare. The pavements are wide, and their cafes, cinema,s and shops atrract throngs of people. The upmarket shops line the streets and avenues radiating the Champs – Elysees.  Luois Vittion HeadQuaters, Vrigin giant store, Mercedez Benz outlet and even more. The people on this strees are seriously looking drop dead gorgeous. Mostly black are thier favourite color(mine too). With the high heels and boots to high quality fur material, they sure know how to rock the strees. Parisians are very good in shopping and really alert with their latest fashion trends updates, so if you are wearing something from the last season, you’ll be the laughing stalk towards them. I mean it , seriously (!).  And so,the famous monumental building : Arc de Triomphe or another word Place Charles de Gaulle. This first stone of the world’s most famous arc that customary starting point for victory celebrations and parades. Oh did I mention, I also visited the world’s busiest Mac Donald. Every counter there is always a customer ordering and paying for their food(imagine the line how will it be). Their counter are really very small and very close to one another. I guess that is the onlty Mac Donald at Champs -Elysees. Oh note to yourself, although it is the busiest Mac Donald, it is also the most expensive Mac Donald I’ve ever been. Spent about RM200 for a Mac Donald bill. I’m still keeping it okay*

Eiffel Tower. Yeah , you all should know by now.

This tower symbolize the country of France.I was told that this tower originally built for the 1889 Universal Exhibition at 320(m), it was the world’s tallest building.

Every leap years , this tower will redecorate uses 40 tonnes of paint.  That time I didn’t went up to the tower because it was really cold and the queue was really long.

So we just took a picture from below and then head to the nearest cafe, get ourselves a nice of hot chocolate.

Lastly the Euro Disneyland and La Vallee Village.

Euro Disney is located 19 miles east of Paris. It is mostly likely out of Paris , and so we had to take the RER Train Station this time.The RER is an integration of a modern city-centre subway and a pre-existing set of regional rail lines. Well getting there is a pretty long journey because according to the map , the Euro Disney stopped at the station Marne – La Vallee (2nd last station). So we had nothing better to do but sleep. As we arrived  at the station, the Disnely land park was just literally outside the station. People wearing wacky hats and cartoon characters are just popping up everywhere(!). Well I didn’t went inside the disneyland park cause it was too cold and bloody long queue (again) . So we decided to go for  Walt Disney Studios. I didn’t play any rides cause we have to go to La Vallee Village after that. We just bought some spanky cool souvenirs and go back one station to Val d Europe station. La Vallee Village is located at Val d Europe. Okay first of all, my jaws were dropping all the time when I knew I’m on the right pages. Came across their brochure(s) at La Vallee Village , it said to have atleast 97 luxurious major brand name(s). La Vallee Village is a new street shopping village with open-air malls, floral terraces here and there, pretty pastel-coloured houses offering previous collections from prestigious brands at irresistible prices, all year round. I would say this is better than Champs – Elysees wide path streets. It is not that crowded and very fancy kind of place. From  Agnes B to Zadig & Voltaire, I came across every store, was flattered and close to loose my sense of humour (hehe), and did my shopping spree with my dad. Our hands are just too rough when it comes to shopping. Well that’s what you’ll do when you in Europe right? La Vallee Village is my one of my favourite best stop(s) in this trip.

Well that’s all I could say about my Backpacking trip Europe. I had fun with my family and yeah dry chapped lips and skin is what I get hom from the winter season. That’s all my photoblog stories this time, looking forward for my next trip to Hong Kong and Bandung or maybe Barcelona ?!

XX Deeyana

Fourian’s 1991 Senior Prom Night,

On the 16th of December 2008, SMK USJ 4′s school have done senior prom night. It was a success done by a group of sweet darlings. They have been put alot of efforts to make this happen. They even did a fun raiser to raise some money to succeed the budget that they aim for. Last year the 1990′s batch unable to accede their target and have to cancel the whole plan , 2 weeks before the event. Quite bummed actually and dissapointed.

So this year batch 1991 has done alot of events in this school like INTER-ART-ACT and so much more. The prom night is a celebration for every Fourian’s student bodies to celebrate and cherished their sweet moments since they first step in this school ,2004.

So here are the stories :-

The prom took place at the Victorian Ballroom, Holiday Villa here in Subang. The ballroom was very madly fantastic. Nice choice for a prom.The ballroom isn’t big but with a present of a stage for performance is enough and the crowd fits the size of the hall.

Well as for me , last minute received calls from the girls asking if they could have me at prom as  a photographer. I would certainly honor to do the job since I have a background photographer for the school. I thought they would never asked. Then fine desperate to have me at  prom, they let me in for free. How nice . . . Free food too! (hehe) So I had the press pass for free how the whole nightlife change to magical.

The event supposedly to start at 7pm , then I was fashionably late,getting ready at Mira’s place. So I arrived at 8pm something , where the guests are about to arrived and the organizers looked  very hot welcoming the guests with free gifts -jelly beans candies wrapped in a nice flower-shaped. This year the girls decided to go with a theme called “MARDI GRAS”.

Place yourself as a Jester, where you are celebrating in the streets of the French Quarter , with colorful masks and elegant costumes (mostly green, orange, yellow , purple , gold and silver), aromatic spicy Cajune cuisine wafting through the air, the dizzying beat of jazz, strands of sparkling beaded necklaces  and coins everywhere. Not just for Fat Tuesday that is what the French calls on February 5th. Anyway, Mardi Gras can be a wildly spectacular event celebrated this year

Well the crowd at that night turned up to be very very beautiful and fantastic with their tuxs and dresses. Mostly I saw alot wearing purple and black – but did the crowd care about the colouring theme? Dress to impress people. Well I turned up with gold ruffles and high-waisted skirt. How simple is that? Too simple as I can be.

So the prom started with an introduction of the organizers that made the prom a success. The organizers are Qilah,Shigim, Denise, Farhana and Nelissa. This girls work their efforts so hard to make this prom came across! With their silences and girl powers they manage to pull the string out of the box. So well done girls! Big applause for you girls!

The event continue with some jokes and surprises by the hosts.  Also, the nominees for the The Prom Kings and Queens.The crowd have to vote them through the night. Before doing that, the hosts gave them some few tricks and activities that the nominees have to do. The vote for the prom King and Queen is also based on their performances. What ever the hosts tell them to do, they have to impress the crowd for voting them.

The event break off with some fantastic dishes for the night. The crowd responds in a great way that the food are quite delicious. Meanwhile , to light up those romantic dinner , an acoustic performance by Azrul. Azrul sang The man can’t be move by The Script and his own written song.

Azrul

Chasing Chapters

Konfrantasi

At 8.35 pm,the itinerary continues with the school’s bands performances. The first band performed was by my brotherhood Konfrantasi. The band consist of 4 outstanding guys – Adli – Zahir – Kashfi – Afiq.  The songs they performed was This Suffering by Billy Talent and Only One by Yellow Card. The crowd was entertained with those shaggy dance moved by Adli and extreme screamed by Shafiq from Chasing Chapter.The next performance was from Chasing Chapter – also my brotherhood band. They are more to screamo like kind of band. Well what kind of event don’t have screamo band- our prom does! How lucky is that! Chasing Chapter screamt their lungs out with those blasted microphones. They sure know how to break their lugs when it comes to rock on the stage. Dzikhry hard time screamo kick out those peformances. Well done Chasing Chapter, you guys manage to pull it off!  Corncake finished up with their rock and rolling heartbeats before the annoucemnet for the awards.

The awards is catogarized in Best Loudest Award , Best Dressed Award, Best Joker Award , Best Couple Award. These awards are awarded from the point of view of the student bodies, and the most obvious and best things that the crowd seen in them through out this senior year.

The Best Loudest Award goes to : Diyana ( me , meyself)

The Best Dressed Award (male) : Faris

The Best Dressed Award (female) : Mira

The Best joker Award : Nik

The Best Couple Award : Kashfi and Khairina

Congratulations guys and myself (hehe) .

9.35 pm ,  is the annoucement for the Prom King and Queen.  The result are lies on the hand of the hosts, the moment that we are waiting has finally came. It has decided the Prom KING AND QUEEN batch 1991 goes to *drum rolls please , Razman Rustam(my own cousin) and Azalea Azman. They are both our ex former from our school. Guess they both won for the most voting at that night. Congratulations Razman and Azalea you guys are awarded as the Prom King and Queen. The Prom King and Queen were asked to slowdance on the dance floor with a beautiful solo voice performance by Christopher Lim and his friend. Micheal Buble or no Michale Buble , he sure brings up the sweet mood.

The Prom King & Queen 1991

At 10.05 pm , the performance continue by the famous local band Bittersweet. The crowd started to steo up in front and joined the revival crowds. The boys started make their own mosh pit and the crowd went wild through the night! Everyone was having fun and went highly- crazy. Imagine mosh pit and head banggin with slightly body surfing. Yup not forgetting I felt down infront of the Bittersweet’s vocalist. Fucked! To get more uglier , my people lift me up for body surfing and I get to dance off on stage with my brotherhood Adli and BITTERSWEET !!! How cool is that?! . I know I do sure rock out when it comes to gigs and events. Bittersweet managed to kick offs with crowd with their stunning rock and roll revolution moves.The event finished with the dance floor at 11.30 by 12 midnight the itinerary is over.

Well that is it people,  my live report at Prom Night.  Enjoy this great photos at the Prom.

For more information about the bands that perform at our prom check ‘em , add them , most importantly SUPPORT ‘em.

Check Konfrantasi at : http://www.myspace.com/konfrantasi

Check Chasing Chapter at :  http://www.myspace.com/chasingchapters

Check Corncake at : http://www.myspace.com/sayangcorncake

For more info or questions : add me at diyana_anwarz31@yahoo.com  / diyana_anwarz31@hotmail.com.

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